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reorientation

[ ree-awr-ee-uh n-tey-shuh n, -en-, -ohr- ]

/ riˌɔr i ənˈteɪ ʃən, -ɛn-, -ˌoʊr- /

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noun

the act or state of reorienting or of being reoriented.

Nearby words

Origin of reorientation

First recorded in 1915–20; re- + orientation

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for reorientation

Like many I spoke to, Williams seemed to desire a reorientation of policing, rather than just a reduction.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Even more significant, however, is the reorientation of anti-establishment politics that follows.
Edward Snowden, Not Pope Francis, Is the Person of the Year|James Poulos|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But the Middle East changed Stewart, and he needed to go through a little American reorientation.
The Twerk That Won the Internet, ‘What the Fox Say’ & More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|September 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It could have been reorientation or it could have been Catherine's real self.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith

Would you mind if I spent an hour in Psych for reorientation?
Exploiter's End|James Causey
Panting, they looked helplessly around, reorientation coming gradually.
Edge of the Jungle|William Beebe
The miracle of his reorientation to belief, the new vistas that went with it.
Ye of Little Faith|Roger Phillips Graham
Comprehension then; reorientation; qualified relief—Is waking any better?
The Trial of Callista Blake|Edgar Pangborn

Word Origin and History for reorientation

reorientation

n.

also re-orientation, 1893, from re- + orientation.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper